I almost can’t
believe it.
An entire 365
day cycle has turned over from the thyroid surgery on Oct 7th, 2013. Two days prior to my surgery I wrote in my journal…
“It’s almost overwhelming how many people are
praying for me. I feel like God is
telling me that whatever happens in and as a result of Monday (my surgery
day) is a part of God’s pre-determined, good plan for me. May I have the strength and courage and faith
to believe that what the difficult times come!
I’ve given
post-surgery updates since my surgery in which I thank God and marvel at how He
has brought healing into my life. Now,
a year later, I continue to express thankfulness for the energy and balance
resulting from the surgery. There are moments
in which I am almost haunted but the memory of how things used to be…almost
staggering beneath the weight of the challenge that was my “normal, everyday.” But what haunts me more are the lessons that the
difficult years and the “unknown” of the surgery pressed into my life. They are like priceless gems that I keep
pulling out to look at, watching them sparkle and never tiring of their stunning
beauty. The two that stand out to me are…..
Nothing
about this (thing, unknown, person or circumstance) changes anything about God.Anticipate
God’s Grace.
Like soul- tattoos, they are forever inked into my being. And I pray that will always be the case.
I never want to stop being haunted by the
memory of God’s faithfulness.
I never want to forget the
two-sided coin of God’s sovereign goodness.
May I always cultivate a heart that recalls and delights in His great
love for me.
May there be many more 365 days
in which I can recount God’s….what shall I call it other than shear
WONDERFULNESS!
